Have you ever found yourself in that frustrating position, where you are the one that knows the real story, but the one in charge doesn’t seem to get it? And you have no recourse but to accept your clueless manager’s decision to deny funding for the project that is going to make or save your company big money?
Jesus has been there, done that, got the tunic.
So this one time, in Jerusalem, Jesus got lost, and Mary and Joseph found him three days later, kickin’ it with some rabbis.
“Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.” “But why did you need to search?” he asked. Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they didn’t understand what they meant. Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. –Luke 2:48-51
Jesus had the full understanding of the situation. Mary and Joseph were in a position of authority, but of limited perspective. And at this point (since Jesus was still a boy) the authority trumped the perspective and Jesus submitted to His earthly parents’ decision.
But oh, how He must have chafed under that authority. I certainly have, under various Pointy-Haired Bosses, and I am not even omniscient. How much more frustrating would it be to actually know and see it all, including the unnecessary limitations that have been placed on you? Commiserate with Him, cubicle-dweller.
